_________________I do not relish to feel what the men that used these weapons felt when they saw the elephant. For the elephant has tusk and to see him is to have his tusk dig deep into your soul. You will always have a part of you that will be cold and empty.Semper Fi

_________________I do not relish to feel what the men that used these weapons felt when they saw the elephant. For the elephant has tusk and to see him is to have his tusk dig deep into your soul. You will always have a part of you that will be cold and empty.Semper Fi

_________________I do not relish to feel what the men that used these weapons felt when they saw the elephant. For the elephant has tusk and to see him is to have his tusk dig deep into your soul. You will always have a part of you that will be cold and empty.Semper Fi

I just applied the final coat of Tom's Mix to my M1 stock. A CMP rifle, it came with new Boyd wood. The upper handguard is beech, the rest birch.

Lee "cut it down" to WWII dimensions and bleached out the cheap stain for me, and I did the rest. Lots of sanding, leather dye for stain, PTO from Real Milk, and then the Tom's mix. Looks one HELL of a lot better than it did.

Now that this stinking tropical heat has gone, I'm looking forward to shooting this puppy again.

I just applied the final coat of Tom's Mix to my M1 stock. A CMP rifle, it came with new Boyd wood. The upper handguard is beech, the rest birch.

Lee "cut it down" to WWII dimensions and bleached out the cheap stain for me, and I did the rest. Lots of sanding, leather dye for stain, PTO from Real Milk, and then the Tom's mix. Looks one HELL of a lot better than it did.

Now that this stinking tropical heat has gone, I'm looking forward to shooting this puppy again.

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Welcome aboard. Now you need to moke a thread to show and tell others how you finished the stock. I bet it looks good.You need to stop by the house again.

_________________I do not relish to feel what the men that used these weapons felt when they saw the elephant. For the elephant has tusk and to see him is to have his tusk dig deep into your soul. You will always have a part of you that will be cold and empty.Semper Fi

As you warned me, the birch did not take the dye evenly. I did my best to even it out, but still have some darker areas around the comb and pistol grip areas. No big deal, it still looks fine.

As to how, well, I followed your tutorial. I was too lazy to go to the store and buy some mineral spirits to thin the first coat of oil with, so I just rubbed it in vigorously with the steel wool. Nothing but good old elbow grease, and a bit of care when sanding.

I put it back together last night. I'll re-zero the first chance I get.

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